Heavy Traffic

Dublin Core

Title

Heavy Traffic

Description

Note: This film contains sexual content, transphobic violence, and violence.

While playing a pinball game, a New York City cartoonist fantasizes about his life.

This film includes the character Snowflake. Online, there is conflicting information about Snowflake's gender due to the broad terminology from the period and conflicting film reviews. However, in Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi (Gibson and McDonnell, 2008), she is described as a transvestite (while an umbrella term at that time, did include trans individuals) and addressed only with she/her pronouns (p.96). Given this context and her scenes in the film, she shall be classified as a trans woman.

Source

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Year: 1973
Country: United States
Gender and Sexuality: Queer coded, queer, transgender
Animation Style: Live-action blending, traditional
Genre: Comedy, drama
Type: Explicit, feature

Can currently be watched on iTunes: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/heavy-traffic/umc.cmc.1tfmzqj1bobpisq5fr14mnz3s

Files

Citation

“Heavy Traffic,” Queer Animation, accessed June 16, 2025, https://queeranimation.omeka.net/items/show/79.
Tumblr